Vetra

Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 14, 2026

Deutsche Fassung

What data is processed

Stored in the extension's storage in your browser (in Chrome chrome.storage.local; it never leaves your device):

• The server connections you have set up: name, address, user name.
• Your AdGuard Home password, depending on your choice in the dialog: by default only until you close the browser (chrome.storage.session, in memory only; Vetra then asks once again). In Safari with “Save in Keychain”: encrypted in your device’s Keychain (this device only, no iCloud sync), handed over through the Vetra app on your device (permission “nativeMessaging”) – nothing goes over the network. In Chrome, Firefox and Edge with “Remember password permanently”: unencrypted in the extension’s storage in your browser profile; the dialog says so.
• Your settings: appearance, accent colour, language, the kind of number shown on the icon, refresh interval, number of log entries, outage notification.

Held briefly in memory, not stored:

• The domain of the page you currently have open. It is used, when you open the window, to fetch the query log of your AdGuard instance for exactly that domain. It is not saved anywhere and is sent to nobody except your own instance.
• The host names of the files that the page you currently have open loads (for example the CDN it gets its look from). When you open the “Page” panel, the extension reads them in the active tab; for each name it asks your AdGuard instance whether it would be blocked and by what. The names are not saved anywhere and are sent to nobody except your own instance.
• The responses of your AdGuard instance (status, statistics, log, rules) for as long as the window is open.

Where data is sent

Only to the address you entered, and only to that one. The browser grants the extension access to it only after you have entered and confirmed the address; the permission applies to exactly that origin and can be withdrawn under Settings → Data & permissions.

To do this, the extension runs one short function that ships inside the extension package in the tab you are currently looking at (permission “scripting”, only together with “activeTab”). It reads only the addresses of the files being loaded and returns a list of host names – no page content, no text, no input or form data, no cookies. No bookmarks or browsing history are queried, no code is loaded from outside, and nothing on the page is changed.

The demo mode (“Try the demo”) shows made-up data: it sends nothing and stores nothing in your server connections.

Find on network (only when you press it)

When adding a server you can let Vetra look for AdGuard Home on your home network. This happens only when you press “Find on network” and then “Search” – never on its own, never in the background. Vetra first explains what will happen, and the browser asks whether Vetra may briefly access all addresses. Vetra then asks the addresses of your own network (if the browser reveals it) and the usual home networks 192.168.178.x, 192.168.0.x, 192.168.1.x, 10.0.0.x and 172.16.0.x – each first only at the router, to see whether that network exists –, plus adguard.local and adguardhome.local, on ports 80, 3000, 8080 and 443, for /control/status and /login.html, to recognise AdGuard Home reliably.

No sign-in details and no cookies are sent and nothing on the devices is changed. Requests go straight from your device to the devices on your network – nothing goes to us or third parties, and nothing is stored. Only when you pick a result and press “Test connection” is it added as usual. Right after the search Vetra takes the broad permission back; only the permission for the one server you confirm remains. If a browser also takes back the permission for servers you had already added, Vetra offers to grant it again with one click.

Safari (Mac, iPhone, iPad)

On Safari, Vetra comes as an app from the App Store. The app contains only the extension and instructions for turning it on; it does not collect any data itself and sends nothing. When you download it from the App Store, Apple processes data as a separate controller under its own privacy policy.

Safari itself asks which websites the extension may access. You grant and withdraw access to your AdGuard address in Safari under Settings → Extensions, on iPhone and iPad under Settings → Apps → Safari → Extensions. Depending on the device, the system may also ask for access to the local network; this is only needed so that Vetra can reach your AdGuard instance on your home network. Your data is kept in the extension's storage in Safari and is removed when you delete the app.

Retention

Until you delete it. Settings → Data & permissions → Delete all extension data removes servers, passwords and settings and withdraws the permissions that were granted. When you remove the extension (on Safari: delete the app), the browser deletes its storage anyway.

Controller

Your rights

You have the rights under Art. 15 to 21 GDPR: access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and the right to object. Because the extension does not transmit any personal data to us, we hold nothing about your use that we could give you access to; all data stays solely in the extension's storage in your browser on your own device, where you can delete it yourself at any time. Regardless of this, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.